Volume 4: Chapter 75 of the Emperor's Prosperity Chapter Bloodstained Capital (II)
Several guards over there hurriedly told Yang Yu about his performance just now, and Yang Yong nodded approvingly: "Well, good job!" ”
Yang Yu's face suddenly lit up, at his age, what he hoped most was to get praise from his father, and he wished that Yang Yong could praise a few more words, but unfortunately Yang Yong only finished praising and left him to talk to Yang Shuang.
After a while, Yuan Qing'er took Yun Mei'er, Xing'er and Pingyang Princess Yang Yan, Songyang Princess Yang Lan also went out of the gate, most of the corpses in front of the East Palace had been moved away, but the blood stains on the ground had no time to be cleaned, and the smell of blood on the ground was skyrocketing, unlike Yang Yu's excitement, smelling the blood on the ground, Yuan Qing'er was already vomiting, and the rest of the women were also disgusted, only Yang Lan didn't seem to be afraid at all, rushed up and hugged one of Yang Yong's arms, and said a lot, It was as if she had been involved in the battle just now.
Yang Yan and Yang Lan are no longer yellow-haired little girls, one is fourteen years old, the other is thirteen years old, and they have grown into slim girls, they can already marry people in this era, Dugu married Yang Jian at the age of fourteen, they inherited their mother's beautiful face, in recent years, I don't know how many ministers want to kiss the East Palace, Yang Yong refused because they were still young, in Yang Yong's opinion, his daughter must be at least eighteen years old to marry.
Yang Yong enjoyed the feeling of his daughter's delicate voice ringing in his ears, but unfortunately it was not the time to enjoy family affection, seeing Yuan Qing'er vomiting heavily on the side, he hurriedly ordered: "Go, help your mother in Yang Lan muttered dissatisfiedly, or jumped to the crown princess, and Yang Yan and Yang Yan supported Yuan Qing'er alone, Yun Mei'er and Xing'er's faces were also white, they never thought that someone would dare to attack the East Palace, especially Yun Mei'er was full of thoughts for Yang Yu, seeing Yang Yong, It's a little teary-eyed.
It's just that Yang Yong didn't have time to comfort them for a few words, and there was still a Praetorian Guard that had not been disarmed, and almost every family that wanted to be arrested resisted by the government. Even if everything goes well, tomorrow there will be many questions from neutral ministers, so I can only let them go back to the back of the East Palace to rest immediately.
Yuan Qing'er and the others knew that the situation was serious, so they didn't do much entanglement, and returned obediently. Only Yang Yu asked unwillingly: "Father, what about me?" ”
"You?" Yang Yong paused, but still said, "You can also go back with your mother." It's not that Yang Yong doesn't want Yang Yu to follow him, it's just that he has just experienced the battle for the throne with Yang Guang, and he is afraid in his heart, and he doesn't want his sons to be involved in the struggle for the throne in the future, so he can only be impartial to them now.
Yang Yu was suddenly listless, he didn't dare to disobey Yang Yong's order, so he had to go back behind Yuan Qing'er and the others.
See Yuan Qing'er and the others go down. Yang Yong invited Yang Shuang to deal with the chaos below in the Mingde Hall at the front of the East Palace, Yang Shuang readily agreed, and the group just sat down. A guard immediately knocked on the door of the Mingde Palace: "Report to His Royal Highness the Prince, Jingzhao Yin Guoyan, who commanded the men and horses to attack the East Palace, has been caught." ”
"Good!" Yang Yong slapped the table heavily, gritted his teeth and said, "Bring him in!" ”
Although Guo Yan's attack did not cause much damage to the East Palace, it had a very bad impact, the guards of the East Palace injured more than 100 people, and the city defense army suffered nearly 1,000 casualties because of this, these must be counted on Guo Yan's head, no wonder Yang Yong was so angry.
Guo Yan was pushed in by the five-flower tie-up, he was not tall, but his body was very strong. He was originally born as a war general, and he had fought several battles in the south, and the number of southern rebels who died at his hands totaled tens of thousands, and he had a fierce aura on his body, although he was captured at this time. But he still held his head proud.
"Guo Yan, as Jing Zhaoyin, you don't want to serve the country, but attack the East Palace, what crime should you be guilty of?"
"Phew. What is the following offense. You did not have a holy decree but privately transferred troops out of Beijing and declared martial law in the capital. This is the crime of rebellion, and the official attacked the East Palace just to set things right. Guo Yan said unconvinced.
"Bold!"
For Guo Yan's answer, the people around Yang Yong were all furious and shouted one after another.
For Guo Yan, Yang Yong still has a little appreciation, several times to quell the southern rebellion, since Ren Jing Zhaoyin, the entire capital is in good order, both civil and military are rare talents, especially today almost hit himself by surprise, if Yu Wenshu and Yu Wen Mi have Guo Yan's decision, I am afraid that the forces of the two guards left and right Wuhou will not be so easy to lift.
However, appreciation is appreciation, but unfortunately it is his own enemy, Yang Yong escorted Guo Yan up, and did not persuade him to obey his own thoughts, otherwise the crime of raising troops to attack the East Palace can be avoided, and what crime is unavoidable, you have to abide by the rules of this era in this era, seeing that Guo Yan is so stubborn, he is even more impatient, and waved his hand: "Down, cut!" ”
Guo Yan was shocked when he heard this, and shouted: "Yang Yong, as a minister of state, how dare you behead me without trial and without the emperor's holy decree?" ”
This is funny, Guo Yan himself led the troops to rebel, since he thought that the prince would not dare to kill him, Yang Yong said in a non-doubting tone: "Kill!" ”
Although everyone scolded Guo Yan just now, they just felt a little uncomfortable when they heard that Yang Yong was about to kill Guo Yan, in fact, Guo Yan's question was also reasonable, the prince was not the emperor in the end, no matter what crime the minister committed, at most he could be impeached and dealt with by the criminal department, even the emperor could not do whatever he wanted, Yang Jian because he killed the minister in front of the public in the main hall, I don't know how much the ministers talked about, but when he heard the prince's tone was so tough, no one dared to really doubt it at this time, and soon, Guo Yan's head was sent up.
After killing Guo Yan, the information from all over the place was still reported like flowing water, and the removal of the weapons of the guards of the left prison gate made Yang Yong completely relieved, and now in addition to the mansions of various families still resisting, all the troops in the capital have been included in his hands.
In the Lu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites, the original magnificent mansion can be described as a mess, when the garden is full of flowers, the corridor, and the pond are full of corpses of family members, the gate of the Lu Mansion has been opened, and the Praetorian Guards escort a series of servants of the Lu family to the outside, and the only place that is still in the hands of the Lu family is the Lu family ancestral hall.
There are not many family members of the Lu family who can fight, only about 400 people, but these are all children of the Lu family, in the face of the attack of the Praetorian Guard, they burst out with extraordinary courage, and they did not surrender to the death, but the difference in both numbers and equipment was too great, and they resisted the middle of the night, most of the family members were still killed, and finally retreated into the ancestral hall There are only dozens of family members.
Speaking of which, known as one of the seven surnames, the Lu family has been unlucky in recent decades, first the famous Lu Sidao was involved in the rebellion of the Qi State, although he relied on his own talent to learn Lu Sidao to avoid death, but as a result, hundreds of clans were killed, more than ten years ago, the Qingyang Lu family was involved in the assassination of the prince, and as a result, the head of the family, all died, and now the Lu family in the capital is about to be wiped out, and the Lu family has come to an end for hundreds of years.
Lu Kai respectfully offered incense to his ancestors, but knelt in front of the ancestral hall, more than a dozen men and women surrounded him, these people were his wives and concubines, and the sound of killing outside was clearly heard, and many people were crying in low voices.
"Zheng." A clear sword sound came, Lu Kai pulled out a long sword, and stabbed at his wife, who was crying in a low voice, hitting Lu's wife's heart, Lu's wife looked at her husband with wide eyes and disbelief.
"Porphyry." Lu Kai pulled out his long sword and stabbed at another wife and concubine, the concubine still looked at Lu Kai with wide eyes and disbelief, and the other wives and concubines around him reacted and fled in all directions.
Lu Kai carried a long sword dripping with blood, chased after it, his face was scattered red, and said while chasing: "This official is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, how can he let his family fall into chaos and shame the ancestors, come, don't go, let the master stab the sword one by one, and it will be fine soon." ”
The remaining family members around were dumbfounded, and they didn't know how to deal with it, so they could only watch blankly, "bang", the door of the ancestral hall shook for a while, and several of the top door family members had a pain in their arms, almost becoming a fracture, and with a bang, the door of the Lu family ancestral hall was completely opened, and a group of Praetorian Guards wearing armor and holding weapons broke in violently.
Looking at the scene in front of him, the Praetorian Guards who came in were also dumbfounded, and the two Praetorian Guards stepped forward, knocked out the long sword in Lu Kai's hand, and held down Lu Kai's two sides to end this farce, but Lu Kai had three wives and concubines and a daughter who were killed by him personally, and the rest of the family had no intention of fighting, so they threw away all the weapons in their hands.
Just when the Lu Mansion was breached, the Murong Mansion was also breached, and the ghost army of Murong Mansion took advantage of the terrain to cause great casualties to the Praetorian Guards, two hundred Praetorian Guards lost their lives, and more people were injured, but fortunately, most of the ghost army was taken away by the Murong Qi Li family, and the number was not large, plus the few people in charge of the Murong family were not there, otherwise the casualties of the Praetorian Guards would be much greater.
After dawn, all the dust fell, Zhao Zhuguo, Yu Wenshu, Yu Wenmi, and Huangfu were filial piety...... All the palaces of the various families that participated in the ambush of the prince were breached, and the Praetorian Guards suffered a total of nearly 2,000 casualties, four or five thousand died under the sabers of the Praetorian Guards, and the number of prisoners reached more than 20,000, and the entire capital was immersed in a strong smell of blood.